The lights were installed during the Commonwealth Games in 2010, as part of the project wherein 581 of these lights were to be set up in the inner, outer, and radial circles of CP, the heart of the city. Years after as many as 101 bollard lights, worth Rs 540,000, were stolen by unidentified miscreants from Connaught Place (CP), the Delhi Police are yet to lodge an FIR in the case. The lights were installed during the Commonwealth Games in 2010, as part of the project wherein 581 of these lights were to be set up in the inner, outer, and radial circles of CP, the heart of the city. They were, however, stolen within a year of installation. "Within a year, the beautiful lights were stolen. The SHO of the CP police station received several complaints in this regard but not even a general diary was maintained," a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) official, who did not wish to be identified, said. He further claimed:"The police did not register a case stating it was difficult to identify the miscreants." The lights were installed for marathon and cycling events, as the Commonwealth contestants were to pass from the area. "The area around Hanuman Mandir in CP has a lot of drug addicts, who might have stolen the lights. But the police did not take any action despite several complaints from both the NDMC and the Engineers India Limited (EIL)," the official said. After the lights were stolen, the EIL, which was entrusted with the task of redevelopment of CP and had provided 581 bollard lights at a cost of Rs 31 lakh, removed the remaining lights and handed them over to the NDMC for storage. According to the calculations done by DNA, each light cost nearly Rs 5,331. With no satisfactory explanation on why an FIR was not registered, most police officers chose to escape the responsibility."The incident took place in 2011. I was not there at the time. No such complaint has been received in the last one year,"a police officer said.

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